When the tower is closed, use the tower CTAF, which is the tower freq
[towers with multiple freq, check the AIM.



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| You're right. I've just always felt like talking to approach was the good
| citizen thing to do. But if they don't care about my personal safety
| concerns, then maybe I should just operate independently.
|
| Jog by memory. What are my requirements to enter Class D. If I recall, I
| just have to make radio contact with the tower. What happens when the
tower
| is closed.
|
| It's so rare I fly outside the system.
|
|
| wrote in message
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| On Dec 17, 10:26 pm, wrote:
| At night, I like the structure of
| an instrument approach, but I want the altitude for an emergency glide.
| Maybe I shouldn't call it a "practice approach" but by doing so, the
| controller knows where I am going and why. He asked me to descend to
| 2,000
| while I am outbound from Ocaro, 13 miles from the runway, for traffic
| that
| is not a threat an clearly visible to me. I say, "If you don't mind,
I'd
| like to stay higher until Gugwa." Controller says, "I do mind. Descend
| for
| traffic." So if I say "Unable to descend yet. Have traffic visually.
Will
| maintain seperation." Can I continue on my merry way and ignore his
| command
| that I descend below a safe gliding distance. Or is he going is he
going
| to
| report me to the FSDO?
|
| With all that technology and you had an agenda / flight profile of
| your own, and you didn't want or need ATC assistance, why even bother
| calling in for VFR flight following? Navigate as you see fit and just
| call into Hawkins tower.
|
| Allen
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